ISLAMABAD (AP) — Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of many of their basic rights, the United Nations said Wednesday.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — They are now among the most powerful women in Congress. But when they were first elected in the 1990s, they were often overlooked, or even talked down to. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas,…

TOPEKA — Emily Vincent strategically planned the births of her three children around her accumulation of sick leave while working for a former employer who didn’t provide parental leave. Vincent, who now works for Johnson…

Amid the anguishing news about the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan came the uplifting story of a 60-year-old Oklahoma woman who organized the escape of 10 members of the Afghan all-girls robotics team. “I just decided…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Biological fathers in Utah will be legally required to pay half of a woman’s out-of-pocket pregnancy costs under a new law unique to the state that critics say doesn’t do…

Get ready for some women power. The Bowlus Fine Arts Center will soon welcome Divas3, three female singers covering the biggest hits from the greatest divas in music history. Performances will be at 2 and…

Women made history in Tuesday’s election. Though the results are not final, a record number of women ran for Congress. Both Democratic and Republican parties were well-represented by female candidates. This election’s numbers surpassed those…

For the first time in the history of Kansas, the three finalists for a vacancy on the state’s Supreme Court are all women. The court on Monday announced that the three nominees for the opening…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said this morning he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement, who was arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only…

One hundred years ago this month, women in the United States were guaranteed the right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment — secured by a 24-year-old Tennessee legislator’s decisive vote, cast at the…